Awning-cradle.



No. 683,837. Patented Oct. I, 190:.

E. E. BERNSDORFF.

AWNING CRADLE.

{Application filed June 6, 1901.)

(No Model.)

qwLtmeooe/a UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

ELMORE E. BERNSDORFF, OF DENNY, PENNSYLVANIA AWNING- CRADLE.

SPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 683,837, dated October1, 1901.

Application filed June 6, 1901.

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMORE E. BERNS- DORFF, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Denny, in the county of Butler and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAwning- Cradles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cradles, and particularly to an awningattachment for cradles.

The object of the invention is to provide a cradle having a notched bardepending from the bottom of the cradle and a weight adjustable on thebar to prolong the momentum of the cradle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cradle-frame of noveland peculiar construction and an awning or shade frame verticallyadjustable on the cradle=frame.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an awning or shadeframe of such peculiar construction that the parts thereof may be swung,folded, and adjusted as desired.

lVith these objects in view it is my purpose to provide a cradle awningor shade so arranged relative to the cradle that the latter may beentirely or partly covered, as desired, with the awning standing flatabove the eradle or at various inclines over the cradle or adjusted topartially or entirely inclose the occupant of the cradle, as desired.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, Figure1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is an end view showing in dotted linesthe awning-frame in'movable positions. Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveview showing means for securing the curved arms. Fig. 4 is a detachedelevation of the notched bar and weight. Fig. 5 is a perspective viewshowing modified means for connecting the awning, and cradle frames andsecuring the curved arms.

The same numeral references denote the same parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings.

The cradleframe is composed of a top cross-piece 1 at each end of thecradle-bed 2 and having ears 1*, to which the bed is pivoted at 3.Curved frame members 4 extend from the cross-pieces 1 downwardly andconverge together at 5, from which point said Serial No. 63,369. (Nomodel) screws 9.

The awning or shade frame consists of standards 10, verticallyadjustable in the sleeves 8 and connected together by a horizontal rod11. An apertured lug 12 is formed on the standard and is provided with athumb-screw 13. Awning-bars 14 have one end pivoted to the top of thestandard 10 at 15, and to or near their other ends are pivoted at 16curved arms 17, which work through the lug 12 and are fastened asdesired by the set-screw 13.

Secured centrally of the length of the era dle-bed is a curved orarc-shaped bar 18, having notches 19 and depending from the bed. AWeight 20, having a link 21, is adapted to fit the said notches, so asto hang from the bar 18 and swing the weight to prolong the motion orswing of the cradle after the motive power has ceased. The weight ishung ineither of the side notches when it is desired to give theafter-swing just referred to longer life, and when the weight is hungfrom the central notch the after-swing of the cradle is shortened. Acord 22 is secured to the weight and may be attached to a rooking'chairor pulled by hand to rockthe cradle.

Referring to the modification shown in Fig. 5, the cradle-frame 23 has acollar 24, through which the awning-standard 25 is verticallyadjustable. The standard 25 has side grooves 26, in which the flat arms27 are adjusted; otherwise the device is the same as that of thepreferred construction.

It is obvious that the awning may be adjusted so as to entirely inclosethe cradle-bed, or one half of the awning may be turned over onto theother half, so as to only cover half of the cradle, or the awning may beturned so as to stand fiat over the cradle or be closed up fiat, so asto stand in vertical position under the central rod 11 and leave thecradle entirely uncovered. The awning-frame may be removed from thecradle-frame by lifting the standards 10 out of the sleeves 8. It willbe readily seen that the awning may be given various positions relativeto the cradle, as oocasion may demand.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the pivoted bed and supporting-frame therefor,of a notched bar having ends secured to and depending from the bed, andaweight adjustable in the notches of the said bar.

In an awning-cradle, the combination, with the cradle-frame composed ofend crosspieces, the downwardly converging frame members secured to thecross-pieces and terminating in diverging legs, and the sleeves securedat the top to the cross-pieces and at the bottom to the intersectingpoint of the ELMORE E. BERNSDORFF.

Vitnesses:

(J. T. BELT, J. W. MAoELRoY.

